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Gilbert Melendez talks about his UFC 166 fight against Diego Sanchez, how his loss to Benson Henderson actually helped his career, why he no longer has a chip on his shoulder, a potential fourth fight against Josh Thomson, and more.

The Toyota Center in Houston will be swollen to capacity on Saturday night for UFC 166. The event, which features the highly-anticipated third meeting between current UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and former champ Junior dos Santos, has already been declared a sellout by UFC officials. When speaking with the media on Thursday, UFC Dana...

All roads lead to Houston as heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and former champion Junior Dos Santos prepare to complete their epic title trilogy. If you missed the television airing of ‘Countdown to UFC 166’ have no fear, all three-parts are here for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the Sanchez vs. Melendez portion above, and the other...

Fight week is underway as champion Cain Velasquez and former champion Junior Dos Santos make their final preparations for what promises to be an epic showdown at UFC 166. You can watch part 1 HERE! Part 2 is HERE!

By Evan Stoumbelis Former Bellator Middleweight champion Hector Lombard decided to make the jump to Welterweight in March after losing to Yushin Okami. Lombard had gone 1-2 in the UFC, with his only UFC win coming by way of KO over Rousimar Palhares. Lombard is working with nutritionist guru Mike Dolce on the...

Big Country will remain woolly. In the weeks leading up to his UFC 166 co-main event clash with Roy Nelson, Daniel Cormier filed an official complaint with the Texas athletic commission about the size of Nelson’s well-known beard. Cormier put in a request that Nelson would have to shave or trim the substantial swath of...

Yesterday, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos revealed that he suffered a cut above his right eye brow three weeks ago that required stitches. But, according to the Brazilian bomber, the cut is fully healed and should be a non-issue come fight night. In fact, on yesterday evenings “UFC Tonight,” JDS, who had a knee...

Jessica “Evil” Eye is one of the rising stars in women’s MMA. Eye will make her UFC debut this weekend at UFC 166 where she will face Sarah Kaufman. Eye is currently riding a seven fight win streak and was a guest on Sunday’s Fist-A-Cuff radio show where she talked about a horrific accident that...

Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Marc Ratner, is one of the world’s most respected combat sports regulators. The former Executive Director for Nevada has seen it all. In a sport where the only rules used to be no biting or eye gauging, he, with the assistance of the UFC, has...

“I’m going to beat Roy Nelson because I’m better than him.” The bad blood between Roy Nelson and Daniel Cormier continues to boil. But both fighters assert that the only way to settle the feud is to step into the Octagon.

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UFC officials have released the official ‘UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks’ poster (pictured). The promotions 20-year anniversary event is set to go down on Saturday, November 16th from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

When it comes to head-kick KO’s, the UFC has had a bunch. Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort comes to mind, as does Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop. Check out the UFC’s list of the best below and see if your favorite made the cut:

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will not face Glover Teixeira at UFC 169 as originally thought. Instead, the two will meet at a later card in March, a date Jones prefers over the February card, which he described as ‘just a little too close.’ By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA Since the announcement of...

Bellator welterweight champion, Ben Askren, has been a free agent since the summer; and CEO Bjorn Rebney (pictured) wonders why the UFC has not made an offer yet. By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA When Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren’s contract with Bellator came to a close this summer, many thought the UFC would soon...

“In my opinion, everything was in Dana White’s hands,’ says Emelianenko. “Because at that moment, I just felt like ‘this guy, he just hates us.’ Like, personally to [me]. There were insults coming from Dana White all the time. There were many very loud things said, but for real nothing happened. It was [all talk].”...

BT Sport got an exclusive interview with Dana White. The UFC president talked about the PR disaster that led to false claims about a match between Jon Jones vs. Glover Teixeira, his excitement for the upcoming Anderson Silva match and his strong stance on Michael Bisping.

UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos III is upon us and set to go down this weekend from Houston’s Toyota Center. Are you ready to get hyped for the stellar card The Ultimate Fighting Championship has put together? Check out the extended preview for UFC 166 below:

“I think that what you’ve just guessed is certainly a part of it. Somewhere one of the, as they like to call them “the pioneers” — which simply means the old guys — somebody started that phenomenon about “this is how we answer things, and this is about testing our skills” and all of that...

There has only been one man to defeat the UFC’s heavyweight champion of the world. That man is former champion, Junior dos Santos. Marred with controversy, an injured Cain Velasquez entered the cage for the UFC on FOX 1 main event and lost quickly due to the vicious striking prowess of Junior dos Santos. The...

On August 31st the UFC hit Milwaukee’s Bradley Center for ‘UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis.’ The event, which aired live on pay-per-view, featured a main event between Benson Henderson and Anthony Pettis for the UFC’s lightweight title. Anthony Pettis made short work of, then champion, Benson Henderson by submitting him in the first round to...

Rousimar Palhares has been making headlines this week for all the wrong reasons. The former UFC middleweight turned welterweight made his 170 pound debut in Brazil on Wednesday, secured a submission in 31-seconds and lost his job the next day for cranking the hold long after his opponent, Mike Pierce, tapped out. The UFC...

Last night, Brazilian submission specialist Rousimar Palhares made his welterweight debut, at UFC Fight Night 29, after stringing together consecutive losses at his previous weight class, middleweight. Palhares looked to return to form and show the UFC and his fans in his native, Brazil, that he was back and ready to use his signature finish,...

“The only thing is that I do not know if they (UFC) are willing to support me. I thought they were ready to support me, but I was disappointed, very disappointed with this turn of events. There are things I can not say. I do not want to get back to the UFC because it...

Bellator MMA CEO Bjorn Rebney has placed an impossible condition on his release of welterweight champion Ben Askren to the UFC. By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA This summer Bellator MMA welterweight champion Ben Askren became a free agent. It was expected that the UFC would pick him up, and it was also expected that...

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